BL_LS752 ***Final Report*** Billings, MT Sat Jan 11, 2020 USDA Market News Northern Livestock Video Auction Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 01/10/2020 Receipts: 54,198 Last Week: 27,856 Year Ago: 60,903 The Northern Livestock Video Auction held their Diamond Ring Ranch Sale on January 10th, 2019 with near 57,000 head on offer. Trade was mostly active on good demand for all class types. Value added consignments are from cattle that are all natural or non-hormone treated cattle (NHTC), these offerings showed strong premiums throughout the sale. Demand for replacement heifers was moderate to good. Demand improved on all classes of cattle the later the delivery period. The best demand was seen for cattle developed for grass delivering April and later. Prices are fob with mostly a 6-16 cent slide on most cattle over 450 lbs. Additionally, a 2-3 percent pencil shrink or equivalent was seen on most lots, however some heavily sorted lots are to be weighted straight. Supply included 61 percent steers and 39 percent heifers. Nearly 98.6 percent of the offering was from the North Central Region and mostly from Montana. 91 percent of the sales over 600 lbs. *************************************************************** Northcentral States: Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska Montana, North and South Dakota and Iowa. *************************************************************** Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Delivery 681 510-540 527 184.75-190.50 188.00 Current 120 540 540 190.00 190.00 Current Value Added 110 550 550 175.00 175.00 Current 300 550-560 557 190.50-193.50 191.49 Current Value Added 1081 600-625 616 161.00-167.00 162.94 Current 100 600 600 173.00 173.00 Current Value Added 350 650-675 662 157.00-163.50 160.54 Current 90 675 675 157.00 157.00 Current Value Added 670 710-725 718 149.50-155.50 152.41 Current 80 725 725 162.00 162.00 Current Value Added 680 750-785 763 147.00-158.50 152.55 Current 140 760 760 161.25 161.25 Current Value Added 425 825-830 827 148.00-153.75 151.71 Current 285 815 815 157.00 157.00 Current Value Added 250 850-885 867 144.00-147.00 145.53 Current 205 860 860 157.00 157.00 Current Value Added 192 900-920 910 136.75-143.25 139.68 Current 1190 960 960 142.00-142.25 142.12 Current 200 575 575 170.00 170.00 Jan-Feb 450 600-620 604 161.75-172.50 170.05 Jan-Feb 850 650-685 681 158.00-161.50 161.15 Jan-Feb 205 660 660 167.00 167.00 Jan-Feb Value Added 494 700-730 714 151.50-156.50 153.88 Jan-Feb 235 725 725 164.50 164.50 Jan-Feb Value Added 220 775 775 143.75-148.50 146.99 Jan-Feb 1268 800-825 821 139.75-148.50 147.23 Jan-Feb 1002 865-875 874 139.75-143.00 142.12 Jan-Feb 100 625 625 163.50 163.50 Feb 270 610 610 171.00 171.00 Feb Fancy 150 710 710 162.00 162.00 Feb 391 750-785 765 145.50-149.75 147.58 Feb 1278 800-840 827 142.25-146.50 144.25 Feb 150 800 800 146.25 146.25 Feb Value Added 2631 850-880 866 140.75-147.50 143.07 Feb 1627 900-925 918 136.50-142.00 140.49 Feb 150 660 660 160.00 160.00 Feb-Mar 90 650 650 173.00 173.00 Feb-Mar Fancy 150 780 780 146.25 146.25 Feb-Mar 250 775 775 158.00 158.00 Feb-Mar Value Added 275 800-825 814 144.25-147.00 145.48 Feb-Mar 1473 875 875 142.00-143.25 142.38 Feb-Mar 65 920 920 137.75 137.75 Feb-Mar 90 675 675 161.50 161.50 Mar 82 650 650 171.00 171.00 Mar Fancy 1868 800-825 806 143.50-146.00 144.96 Mar 2041 850-875 853 141.00-145.00 144.40 Mar 806 900-910 907 138.75-141.50 140.75 Mar 726 725-735 733 164.75-165.50 164.92 Mar-Apr 304 800-825 819 145.00-145.50 145.39 Mar-Apr 620 850-875 872 140.00-142.25 140.25 Mar-Apr 896 725-740 726 163.00-166.75 166.27 Apr 200 785 785 149.50 149.50 Apr 200 835-840 837 142.00-143.25 142.46 Apr 764 850-885 866 141.25-143.75 142.56 Apr 555 900 900 140.00-141.50 140.86 Apr 452 900 900 138.25-140.00 139.12 Apr-May 410 700-710 707 166.00-171.00 169.31 May 901 900 900 140.25-142.75 141.96 May Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Delivery 11 540 540 145.00 145.00 Current Split Loads 100 590 590 165.00 165.00 Current 80 460 460 182.50 182.50 Feb Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Delivery 126 1000 1000 140.50 140.50 Current Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Delivery 305 515-530 521 160.00-163.50 161.62 Current 609 550-590 560 151.75-161.00 155.67 Current 105 575 575 165.50 165.50 Current Value Added 586 600-640 616 141.00-152.00 144.57 Current 90 630 630 163.00 163.00 Current Replacement 83 650 650 149.50 149.50 Current Replacement 258 650-675 666 152.50-155.50 154.39 Current Value Added 170 720 720 131.50 131.50 Current 122 925 925 135.50 135.50 Current 100 600 600 145.50 145.50 Jan-Feb 90 670 670 146.50 146.50 Jan-Feb 350 650 650 158.50-165.00 164.07 Jan-Feb Replacement 180 650 650 153.75 153.75 Jan-Feb Value Added 65 800 800 133.00 133.00 Jan-Feb 269 630-635 633 143.00-145.50 144.67 Feb 155 685-690 688 138.00-139.00 138.48 Feb 703 700-730 711 136.00-138.75 137.67 Feb 85 720 720 150.00 150.00 Feb Replacement 332 800-835 822 133.00-138.25 135.73 Feb 172 850 850 135.25 135.25 Feb 245 750-775 759 133.00-136.75 135.42 Feb-Mar 490 865 865 131.75 131.75 Feb-Mar 170 620 620 153.50 153.50 Mar Replacement 300 650 650 148.00 148.00 Mar Replacement 260 700-725 708 134.00-141.00 136.34 Mar 300 725 725 151.00 151.00 Mar Replacement 574 785 785 135.25-138.00 136.20 Mar 2659 800-835 816 133.00-138.25 135.79 Mar 1995 850 850 133.50-134.50 134.00 Mar 1675 750-775 753 135.75-142.25 140.48 Mar-Apr 290 810 810 136.50 136.50 Mar-Apr 325 810 810 138.00 138.00 Mar-Apr Value Added 840 850 850 137.25 137.25 Mar-Apr 2039 710-740 721 141.25-144.25 143.06 Apr 980 750 750 137.00-143.25 142.74 Apr 320 825 825 134.25 134.25 Apr 544 850 850 135.00-137.50 136.84 Apr 210 740 740 142.50 142.50 Apr-May 84 700 700 143.25 143.25 May 240 825 825 137.75 137.75 May 205 850 850 139.50-142.50 141.48 May 180 850 850 143.50 143.50 Jun Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Delivery 110 440 440 157.00 157.00 Current 78 540 540 145.00 145.00 Current Split Loads 379 580-585 581 146.00-150.00 148.07 Current 100 585 585 147.50 147.50 Jan-Feb Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Delivery 185 1115 1115 135.00 135.00 Current *************************************************************** Western States: Arizona, Nevada, Utah, California Idaho, Washington and Oregon. *************************************************************** Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Delivery 62 920 920 138.75 138.75 Current 54 660 660 146.00 146.00 Jan-Feb Split Loads 270 875 875 139.50 139.50 Mar Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Delivery 50 525 525 158.00 158.00 Current Split Loads 85 725 725 142.50 142.50 Current Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Delivery 29 625 625 136.00 136.00 Jan-Feb Split Loads 80 775 775 134.50 134.50 Mar Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Delivery 45 490 490 148.00 148.00 Current Split Loads 88 550 550 144.00 144.00 Current **************************************************************************** Replacement stock: 674 head *************************************************************** Northcentral States: Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska Montana, North and South Dakota and Iowa. *************************************************************** Cow/calf pairs: 2 yrs old Medium and Large 1 1050 lbs with March-April calves at side 1950.00 per pair. Delivery: May. Bred Heifers: Medium and Large 1 AI'ed to calve March 1st 1100 lbs 1800.00- 1850.00 per head. Delivery: Current-Feb Bred Heifers: Medium and Large 1 calving Feb 20-April 15th 1100-1200 lbs 1360.00 -1600.00 per head. Delivery: Current-Feb, Medium 1 calving April-June 800 lbs 1,035.00 per head. Delevery: Current. Bred cows 3-5 yrs old Medium and Large 1 calving before May 15th 1200-1450 lbs 1350.00-1400.00 per head. Delivery: Current-Feb. Bred cows 3 yrs old Medium and Large 1 calving Sept 1-30 1200 lbs 1275.00-1500.00 per head. Delivery: March. Source: USDA-MT Dept of Agriculture Livestock, Poultry, & Grain Market News Service John Kimbrell, Market Reporter, 406-210-4792 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/BL_LS752.txt 1200 .